Music Finland, the new consolidated office of Music Export Finland and the finnish Music Information Centre, has officially opened its doors as of this week: http://musicfinland.fi/
The websites of the two prior organizations will continue to function until this September when the merger is complete.
finnish indie label is celebrating their first birthday by offering up their entire catalog for free streaming via SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/soliti/sets
Avant-garde Metal is not too impressed with the self-titled debut from finnish occult-rockers Jess and The Ancient Ones: http://avantgarde-metal.com/content/beyond2.php?id=180
Sad to say that I'm in agreement; they're a good sounding band on the surface, but it's far too safe sounding and the songs are lacking. puts out a ton of amazing releases, but this is not one of them.
finnish hardcore act Hero Dishonest heads eastward to Mother Russia next week:
06/04 - Jolly Roger Cafe, Minsk
06/05 - Hospitable Ed, Smolensk
06/06 - Chocolate Factory, Moscow
06/07 - Heaven Club, Vologda
06/08 - London, Novgorod
06/09 - Dusche, St. Petersburg
New finnish synthpop from Sähkö-Isku, from the just-released 12" EP "100 kaljaa" out now via . Very weird, but very cool.
It's been awhile since we've heard anything new from finnish industrial/noise label , but they've just released a new CD called "Immune to jewels" from Lost Weight aka plunderphonic sound artist Jukka Vallisto. More details and ordering info here.
finnish act Disco Ensemble will be touring extensively in Northern Europe this fall: http://www.discoensemble.com/
Excellent finnish occult rockers Hexvessel have announced that their sophomore album will be called "No holier temple" and will be released on September 5 via , both on CD or 2LP. And speaking of Svart, their latest release from similarly-minded act Jess and the Ancient Ones is streaming in full now via Terrorizer: http://www.terrorizer.com/blog1.php/2012/05/22/terrorizer-stream-jess-and-the-ancient-ones
Excellent finnish noiserockers Fun are heading out for a few dates on the continent next week:
05/30 - le Café de Paris, Paris (FRA)
05/31 - le Troglobale, Angers (FRA)
06/01 - La Bascule, Rennes (FRA)
06/02 - Kixkil, Bayonne (FRA)
06/03 - Bar Sentinel, Bilbao (ESP)
06/04 - Würlitzer Ballroom, Madrid (ESP)
06/05 - tba (ESP)
06/06 - Liceo Mutante, Ponteverda (ESP)
Coming soon via , a new collection of works from finnish experimental/electronic music pioneer Erkki Kurenniemi produced during the period of 1963-1975. Doubel vinyl only, includes previously unreleased music as well as various more well-known pieces and collaborations.
There's a new webisode of finnish live music video program Off the Record featuring homegrown act Black Twig: http://offtherecord.fi/black-twig/
A new track from finnish indie act Big Wave Riders, the first sample of what's to come from their full-length debut this summer.
Variety reviews the finnish punk doc "Kovasikajuttu" aka "The Punk Syndrome", a film I've been very interested in seeing for a long time: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947508/
For more info, hit up the official website here.
A brand new jam from finnish act Kiki Pau off their forthcoming album which was mixed by Gustav Ejstes (Dungen) and is due out in June. This particular tune however is self-mixed and somewhat different from how the rest of the record will sound.